{"id":2721,"date":"2017-02-14T11:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T16:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/?p=2721"},"modified":"2017-02-13T13:14:28","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T18:14:28","slug":"jen-heartwarming-movies-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/02\/14\/jen-heartwarming-movies-for-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Jen: Heartwarming Movies for Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><span><span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">February 14th<\/span><\/span> is right around the corner! This day may either bring your joy or dread. Now, if you\u2019re going to be celebrating this day with someone you love, there is nothing better to do than get in your comfiest clothing, order take-out from your favorite restaurant (or Dominos, because hello, dining points!), and stay inside and watch a movie! I am here to help you pick the best movie to watch with whomever you\u2019re spending Valentine\u2019s Day with, so you don\u2019t have to spend thirty minutes scrolling through your Netflix account trying to find the right movie for that special <span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Tuesday<\/span><\/span> night. Here is my what-to-watch guide!<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>What to watch with\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your significant other: <em>Brooklyn<\/em> (2015)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/15syDwC000k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span>I saw <\/span><span>Brooklyn<\/span><span> last year and let me tell you, I\u2019ve never \u201cawwww\u2019d\u201d as much \u00a0during one movie as I did in this one. Saoirse Ronan plays Ellis, a young woman travelling from a small village in Ireland, to New York in search of a better life and opportunity during the 1950s. In New York, she meets Tony (Emory Cohen) at a dance hall. The moment that the camera first meets Tony, scanning Ellis from across the room with a smile that can grow The Grinch\u2019s heart two sizes too big, I knew that I wasn\u2019t leaving the theater without a dry eye and warm heart (and a clean shirt, as it was at \u00a0this point in the night that I dropped my taco on my white t-shirt).<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Other Suggestions:<\/span><em> Notting Hill <\/em><span>(1999), <\/span><em>About Time<\/em><span> (2015), <\/span><em>An American in Paris<\/em><span> (1951)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your friends: <em>Troop Beverly Hills <\/em>(1989)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HdD4l0Pv1mE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>There are many movies that I will fight and root for,<\/span><span> Troop Beverly Hills <\/span><span>is one of them. Shelley Long plays Phyllis Neffler, a Beverly Hills housewife, who becomes the troop leader of her daughter\u2019s Wilderness Girls\u2019 troop. Phyllis teaches her daughter, the other wilderness girls and everyone who had doubted her that being different will always do you better in the long run than conforming to other people\u2019s ideas of what you should be. This movie has heart, girl power, comedy and the best song about cookies that I have ever heard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Other Suggestions: <\/span><em>Heavyweights<\/em><span> (1995), <\/span><em>Daisies<\/em><span> (1966), <\/span><em>The First Wives Club <\/em><span>(1996)<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Your Parents: <em>20th Century Women<\/em> (2016)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6JnFaltqnAY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span>Mike Mills wants you to appreciate your parents. Coming off of <\/span><span>Beginners,<\/span><span> he released <\/span><span>20th Century Women<\/span><span>, which is about the life of Dorothea Fields, played expertly by Annette Bening, and the women she surrounded herself with to help her navigate life in 1979 Santa Barbara. Mills also shows Dorothea trying to raise her son Jamie, in a new era of America. This film is Mills\u2019 love letter to his mother, giving appreciation to how hard it is for a single mother to raise and understand her teenage son. Watching this movie will make anyone want to call their parents (and then listen to Talking Heads\u2019 \u201cThe Big Country\u201d over and over again). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other Suggestions: <\/span><em>Hunt for the Wilderpeople<\/em><span> (2016), <\/span><em>Life Animated<\/em><span> (2016), <\/span><em>Lion <\/em><span>(2016)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Now, I understand some people don\u2019t like Valentine&#8217;s Day and may not want to watch any movie about love, romance, etc., so do not fret! I have some suggestions for you too!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What to watch for people who don\u2019t want to watch something about love on Valentine&#8217;s Day: <em>In The Loop<\/em> (2009)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_VDc7-YH1LA<\/p>\n<p><span>From the creator of <\/span><span>Veep<\/span><span>, Armando Iannucci\u2019s film shows the behind the scenes action of government offices in the United States and the United Kingdom when the two countries are deciding whether to go to war in the Middle East, or not. <\/span><span>In The Loop<\/span><span> is a cleverly written comedy that seems almost too real to be true. The best performance comes from the vulgar Peter Capaldi. This film is equal parts ridiculous and relevant. There is no doubt you will be using Capalidi\u2019s catchphrases in your daily speak after watching this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Other Suggestions: <\/span><span><em>Picnic at Hanging Rock<\/em> (1972)<\/span><span>, <\/span><em>What Ever Happened to Baby Jane<\/em><span> (1962), <\/span><em>Hot Fuzz <\/em><span>(2007)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 14th is right around the corner! This day may either bring your joy or dread. Now, if you\u2019re going to be celebrating this day with someone you love, there is nothing better to do than get in your comfiest clothing, order take-out from your favorite restaurant (or Dominos, because hello, dining points!), and stay &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/2017\/02\/14\/jen-heartwarming-movies-for-valentines-day\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Jen: Heartwarming Movies for Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2018,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[44410],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2018"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2721"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2726,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2721\/revisions\/2726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bu.edu\/comblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}